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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n. 1. The string of a bow. 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. {Bowstring bridge}, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. {Bowstring girder}, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends {Bowstring hemp} (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the {Sanseviera Zeylanica}, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made --Balfour. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowstringed}or {Bowstrung}; p. pr & vb n. {Bowstringing}.] To strangle with a bowstring. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bowstring n : the string of an archer's bow
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